An analysis of the mineral waters of Saratoga and Ballston : with practical remarks on their medical properties; together with a history of the discovery and settlement of these celebrated watering places, and observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country.

  • Steel, John H. (John Honeywood), 1780-1838.
Date:
1831
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Credit: An analysis of the mineral waters of Saratoga and Ballston : with practical remarks on their medical properties; together with a history of the discovery and settlement of these celebrated watering places, and observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    scientific notices of the waters were sub- sequently published by able chemists, but they were not more successful in produ- cing satisfactory results ; and, although they went far to corroborate the opinions and views of the Doctor, they afforded no additional information to that which he had previously acquired ; so that the dis- creet physician, when called upon to di- rect the use of the waters, was frequent- ly at a loss, and for the want of proper in- formation, unable to decide, in many ca- ses, as to the propriety or impropriety of prescribing their use. In the summer of 1817,1 first published some observations on the mineral waters of Saratoga and Ballston. At that time, I had resided at the Springs something over ten years, and having been, during that period, often consulted in relation to the qualities and uses of the waters in various diseases, I felt compelled to engage in a course of inquiries, which would lead to a better and more satisfactory understand- ing of the general character and compar-